A reason to run regularly

November 10, 2011

Three months of gluttony during my travels (and OK, while at home, too) paired with a significant downturn in the kilometres I’ve run (although I did fit in the Nike Women’s Half-Marathon in San Francisco)…and I seriously need to get back on track. And this study is just the push I need:

In a study looking at the effect of diet and body mass index, for the most active group of runners in the study (those that ran 8 km per day or more) the effect of diet on BMI and waist circumference were reduced by 50 percent or more. In other words, peeps who run more are less susceptible to the ill effects of a heavier, low-on-fruits-and-veg diet.

(the above, in case you were wondering, is the cheesy french toast with bacon at School Bakery and Cafe in Toronto.)

Filed under: Diet,Fitness Swellness,Healthy Swellness

Tags: BMI, fat, overeating, run, runner, running, waist cricumference